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How to better support girls globally?

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Nations like Burkina Faso and Liberia are cutting the share of girls subjected to the practice over the last 30 years by half. An estimated 129 million girls are not in school, globally. But there is hope. A recent report issued by UNICEF, Plan International, and UN Women indicates that FGM is declining. But protection is not enough.

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Win 2 Tickets to the Global Fund for Women 20th Anniversary Gala

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Many of you contacted me to say that you enjoyed my interview with Kavita Ramdas , the President and CEO of the Global Fund for Women. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Honorable President of Liberia, as well as women leaders from Colombia, South Africa, Malaysia, Liberia, Bosnia/Herzogovina and Egypt will be honored at the event.

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How Audiomack became an unlikely Spotify competitor

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If you are in Tanzania or Liberia, nothing is going to offend you more than only being served Nigerian, Ghanaian, or South African songs. As Western markets reach saturation, most future streaming growth will come from Global South regions, of which Africa is an important part, she argues.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Benetech's newest project is a software tool called Miradi that helps environmental practitioners design, manage, monitor and learn from their projects to more effectively meet the needs of global biodiversity. Our work in Liberia, funded by the State Department in support of the Truth Commission (TRC) continues.

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NowNow raises $13M seed, plans to scale its ecosystem of financial products across Africa

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Liberia is another country where we are gearing up to set operations.” “We want to work in countries where we find that the infrastructure is paralyzed and requires fintech to step in and see what solutions can be provided to solve the situation. .

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Pick up the Sunday NYT Magazine: It's All About Empowering, Funding & Educating Women

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The issue includes an interview with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton , an interview with the President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a piece about Women and Philanthropy by Lisa Belkin, and an excerpt from Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.

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Win a Trip to Report for the NYT with Nicholas Kristof

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The winner will go on an international reporting trip with him to focus attention on the problems of global poverty, and its solutions. Possible destinations this year are Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Liberia and/or Ghana. Past winners traveled to Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Rwanda, and Congo.